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National REIA membership requirements

Every criterion National REIA publishes, with its source, the date it was verified and how confident we are in it, plus superseded figures, so you can see how the tests have moved.

Read a requirement as the organization's published floor, not as a promise. A revenue test may have alternative versions for different business types, chapters can set stricter local tests, and invitation-only bodies publish criteria that describe members rather than admit them.

Current published criteria

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Criterion	Published requirement	Note	Provenance
Other criterion	Individuals must belong to an affiliated local real estate investor association; there is no direct national individual membership	National REIA's join page states "To join National REIA, you must be a member of one of our affiliated local groups", and members enter the portal using their group's chapter code.	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Other criterion	Affiliating groups must adopt National REIA's Code of Ethics	The board may deny, revoke or suspend membership of groups that fail to maintain the standards, which include a prohibition on inflating property valuations beyond a stated margin of fair market value and a requirement of full disclosure of property conditions.	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Geographic restriction	United States		Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗
Accredited-investor status	No accredited-investor or net-worth test is published	Local associations are open to beginners as well as experienced investors; National REIA publishes no financial qualification.	Verified September 2026Medium confidenceSource ↗

How admission works

Application process

Individuals find a local association through National REIA's locator, join that group, and then create a national account using the group's chapter code. Local associations wanting to affiliate complete a separate application form on the national site and must adopt the national code of ethics.

Invitation required

Sponsor required

Selectivity

Not publicly disclosed for individuals, who are admitted by their local association. For affiliating groups, the national board decides membership and may revoke it for ethics breaches, but no acceptance rate is published.

Membership term

Not documented by the organization or a source we could verify

Primary audience

Independent real estate investors and landlords, and the local investor associations, property owner associations, apartment associations and landlord associations that serve them

Typical member

Individual members are private real estate investors and landlords who belong to a local association. The federation's direct members are the local associations themselves, which range from small investor clubs to established landlord and apartment associations.

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If not: alternatives to National REIA (REAPS, REIN, Gobundance, Keiretsu Forum).

Last verified: 6 September 2026 Report an error on this page

Sources

National REIA homepage, National Real Estate Investors Association. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
About Us, National Real Estate Investors Association. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
Find a REIA, National Real Estate Investors Association. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
Join, National Real Estate Investors Association. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2
Real Estate Association of Puget Sound — home, REAPS. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 8

Source tiers follow the published hierarchy: 1 official site · 2 official membership materials · 3 application documents · 4 annual reports · 5 government filings · 6 reliable business publications · 7 credible interviews · 8 other reputable secondary sources. Sources and data policy.